We're on an important mission to fix the global problem of physical inactivity.
To do that, we're creating a new way to share data for the sector that will bring a new wave of open innovation. We believe technology can transform this sector for the better, and an ability to access the right data will be at the core of this transformation.
We've come a long way since our beginnings, and now we're facing some fun and interesting challenges. Challenges that we must overcome swiftly and efficiently. Challenges that will need serious write-all-over-the-whiteboards-oh-snap-we-need-more-whiteboards levels of thinking. Challenges that we can't face alone.
We need your help.
WHat we're looking for
As founders, we came from outside the sector. We saw an important problem space, health, that we were passionate about, and we had a simple belief that we could help make important change happen in a way no-one was doing. Over the last two years, we've been out in the sector, building an incredible network of supports, partners and customers. This has served us well, but now the company is about to move into a new gear: supporting a customer base growing both in size and diversity. With that comes a need to be more inwardly facing - focussing on our product, how we interact with our users, and how we can make our software better and better every week.
We have customers eager to try things out, and early adopters willing to let us road-test new ideas. We need the right people to help us to make it happen and own the next phase of product development.
the tech
App Dev
Javascript
SQL
Infra/Ops
Any Cloud Provider (e.g. AWS, Digital Ocean etc..)
Any Container tech (e.g. Docker)
CI/CD Tools
Git
Any CI Tool (e.g. Jenkins, Travis etc.)
Techniques
TDD
HTTP API design (i.e. REST)
App Dev
JS (Node): ReactJS; Webpack; Ramda; Mocha/Chai; Babel ES6; Gulp
Postgres / PostGIS
Mongo
Infra/Ops
Heroku
AWS: RDS; ECS/EC2; Lambda/API Gateway; Cloud Formation
CI/CD Tools
Jenkins
Travis
Techniques
Peer code review
Feature branch / pull requests
Pair programming
who we are
We're a group of entrepreneurs with a range of interests, hobbies, beliefs, cultures and background. For example, a chunk of our team was born or raised in Wales; our political views vary enough to have some enlightening lunch time conversations; our out-of-work interests range from frisbee, to communism; to immersive theatre. I've learned more from this group of humans than any previous place I've worked.
We strive to bring onboard people that share our ambitions, bring a unique viewpoint to the company, and have a knack of getting the important stuff done. If you meet those criteria, it doesn't matter who you are - we're interested in working with you.
About you
You're seeking a role where you are passionate about the outcome. It's not just about the software we build, it's about how you are contributing to a team that's trying to fundamentally change how a sector approaches technology, in order to tackle a serious problem facing society. Purpose is what gets you pumped up on those days when everything is breaking.
You understand teams take time to get right, and that there are important elements of coaching, mentoring, and guidance needed to get there. You relish the differences of opinions that exist between individual members of a team because that leads to well thought through decisions.
You are not dogmatic in your approach. You understand that there is a constant trade off between the making the product bullet proof, and the realities of startup life - you know the art of "just enough". You understand that early stage startups will always have a level of tech debt and this doesn't fill you with fear, nor does it make you feel like you're cutting corners. You strive to bring maximum stability to the product team whilst maintaining flexibility to take each week as it comes. You strive to be part of the decision making so you can generate this stability, and you're not afraid to make the hard choices.
We've done something that not many startups have done. We've helped create and define an open data standard for our sector. We are helping the first technologies to implement that standard. We have world-leading mentors advising on this standard. Being "open" (whether that be data, source or standards) is a huge part of what we are and how we make our decisions, and you should feel excited to be part of that movement.
what it's like to work here
We encourage a way of working that helps you to get the job done, and means your team mates can rely on you to be around when they need you. We believe in the power of good communication and encourage dialogue wherever possible, be it around a whiteboard, on a sofa, huddled around the “Metric Wall”, or simply on Slack.
At our recent inaugural away day, the key values that emerged out were: innovating, human-centred, questioning, ambitious, brave, mission led, reliable, integrity, quality-driven.
We have a bell in the office. We use it to celebrate the wins. We try to ring the bell at least once a week, ideally more. We believe that showing progress from across the team, whether or not you were directly involved, is important to continuing momentum. We are one company, with a shared goal. Our successes are because of all of our work.
We eat lunch as a team as much as possible, away from our desks. We call it the "Lids Down Lunch", and conversation skews off in any random direction. And I mean seriously random.
During our standups, we share one thing about our lives that is not work-related - fun things we're doing, things we've booked, ideas we've read about. It sparks ideas and conversations.
We have a fortnightly retrospective to ensure we make time to talk about the good, bad and ugly about working at imin. If something doesn't feel right one week, we aim to have changed the next week.
We try to practice what we preach as much as possible and encourage the team to be as active whenever we can. Whichever office we’ve been in, we’ve found some way to expend energy nearby, be it flinging a frisbee across a crowded square, meeting for 6:30am yoga classes, shooting some hoops at the park, or even the famous "walking around the block" meetings.
Our Chromecast was originally setup to show the Trello board, but rapidly has become a way for us to more efficiently share hilarious YouTube videos. Only a small % of videos we show are to do with cats, honest.
also required
An ability to deal with me playing 80s rock on a Friday.
A genuine desire to want to have lunch with us.
If you're the person we're looking for, or you know the person that is, please apply here.
Co-founder at imin
